Chiltern Bookshops Events

Events

Join us to hear authors chat about their current publication and share the inspiration behind their books. Come alone or with friends – the atmosphere is welcoming and relaxed, and we generally serve refreshments. These are really sociable occasions: great opportunities to meet like-minded people, as well as to hear how a writer thinks or writes or researches. Listening to someone talk about their work – fiction or non-fiction – brings it to life. If you’ve already read the book, you’ll understand it in a new light; if you’ve still to start, then once you’ve had an author’s insights, the words will spring off the page in a very specific and personal way.

The talk generally lasts around an hour, including questions from the audience. Afterwards, there’s usually the chance to meet the writer and ask them to sign a copy of their book.

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An evening with Robert Harris

Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LN

Join bestselling author Robert Harris, as we chat about his latest novel Precipice. Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley –...

An evening with Lynda La Plante

Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LN

Lynda La Plante has lived an illustrious life and has the stories to prove it! From her early days in Liverpool to her unexpected acceptance...

An evening with Ben Macintyre

The Reach Free School, Uxbridge Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth WD3 8AB

Join bestselling author and historian Ben Macintyre as we celebrate the launch of his new book The Siege, the remarkable story of the greatest SAS hostage drama On April...

An evening with Al Murray

Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LN

The Battle of Arnhem is one of the best-known stories in British military history: a daring but thwarted attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across...

An evening with Clare Chambers

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Join Clare Chambers, bestselling author of Small Pleasures, as we chat about her new novel Shy Creatures, a compelling story about love, family and the transformative power of...

An evening with Sonia Purnell

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century’s greatest unsung power players When Pamela Churchill Harriman died in 1997, the obituaries that followed were...

An evening with Janice Hallett

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Six Students. One Murder. Your Time Starts Now... The mature students of Royal Hastings University's new art course have been trouble from day one. From...

Alexander Armstrong Book Signing

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

We are delighted to welcome broadcaster, actor, comedian and author Alexander Armstrong to Chorleywood Bookshop to sign copies of his first children's book: EVENFALL: THE GOLDEN LINNET....

An evening with Wendy Joseph KC

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Wendy Joseph KC returns to Chorleywood to chat about her latest book Rough Justice. Four gripping stories from the Old Bailey that force us to consider:...

An evening with Sir Graham Brady

Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LN

Cameron. May. Johnson. Truss. Sunak. Kingmaker lifts the lid on some of the leadership battles that have defined British politics for a decade and a half. The...